Judaism and Non-Jews
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The Temple, Jesus, and Atonement Through Blood
How do we atone for our sins if there is no Temple? Isn’t it convenient that Jesus’ death was extremely close to the destruction of the Temple? If the Temple is destroyed how do we atone for our sins, I…
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A Levite Convert?
If a non-Jew becomes pregnant from a Levite man and she converts before the child is born is the child a Levite? The child won’t be a Levite since in essence the child at conception wasn’t Jewish. The conversion of…
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Relatives Not Attending Intermarriage
Why can’t my aunts and uncles come to my Christian wedding with a Catholic woman — the love of my life? Answer: It’s one of the rules. By having a Christian wedding, you are effectively (and surely unwittingly) taking out…
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Interfaith Couples
I had a very secular upbringing and actually converted to Christianity many years ago. I now have a family and am married to a Christian man. I recently began looking into my Jewish roots and am fascinated and drawn to…
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Discouraging Conversion
I’m wondering about the source of the practice to turn away people three times before welcoming them into the conversion process. The earliest source is in the book of Ruth where Naomi tries to dissuade Ruth from converting to Judaism.…
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Syncretism, Judaism, and Alternative Claims
After (accidentally) stumbling across claims of syncretic relationship between Jewish eschatology and Zoroastrian/Persian eschatology (including parallels to Resurrection, demonology and angelology, Redemption (especially apocalyptic), astrology) and Hellenistic (conception of the soul as independent of body, immortality of said soul), and…
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Prayers for Non-Jews
I am currently studying to convert to Judaism and was wondering, since the daily prayers are centered around the idea that the one praying is in fact jewish, are there any rabinnical suggestions for prayer by those in the process…
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Archeology and Jesus
How do you think the recent archaeological discoveries surrounding Jesus and his child’s final resting place is going to affect religion in general? I have to admit that I don’t have too much direct information on this issue, but what…
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Is Judaism a Religion?
If you had to defend that Judaism is a religion and not a people what would be your main points of discussion? Also, is there anywhere in the Torah that would defend this argument? Shalom. The truth is that Judaism…